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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jane 13, 1937 PAGE T1H11222 Pushing Work on Mine at Elkhorn Engineer and Financier on Inspection; Building Road From Mehama SCIO, June 12 J. Cleveland Haas of Portland, consulting en gineer for the Crown Mining and Milling company, of which R. K. Peery of Scio is general manager and secretary, spent seyeral days recently ,at the property of the company in the Elkhorn mining district, on the Little North Fork of the Santiam river. He was ac companied by Max E. Krueger of Portland, A. E. Chilcote of Leb anon and Darld Schrock of Shedd, Chilcote and Schrock being offi cers of the company. Sinking- of the mine shaft to a depth approximating the 100-foot lerel, late machinery for handling the output, new and better build ings. Improvement of roads and bridges in the immediate vicinity are among the company's plans, according to the manager. " Expect Pay Ore Unusually heavy snow during the winter, .resulting In Impair ed roads, buildings and bridges, has delayed resumption of work at the mine, Peery states. How ever, following inspection of con ditions by the engineer It la plan ned ' to take up development as soon as practicable and carry the work to a stage of completion that Is expected to expose pay ore in commercial quantities. Krueger is said to have had successful experience in financing mining and other operations, and his assistance has been enlisted with a view of providing further funds with which to operate. Peery said. A large construction crew has been at work for several months on the road from Mehama to the mining district. New bridges have been provided and grading has been done where most needed, eliminating many of the steep pitches heretofore handicapping heavy traffic on that sector of the thoroughfare. Antioch School District Last Out in Polk County; Closes Classes June 16 DALLAS, June 12 The An tioch school district will be the last to close this year la Polk county,' according to County Su perintendent Josiah ' Wills. The closing date is Jane 16. The Antioch district construct ed a new school buildinc last summer and It was not completed as early as was expected, "so that the . opening : of , school was delayed.- Also-some- time -was lost during the deep snowstorm last winter. Postmistress Goes to " Postmaster's Session AUMSVILLE. June 12 Miss Virginia Bradley, local post mis tress," left Thursday, accompanied by the Stay ton postmistress, Mrs. Neibert and her husband, for As toria to attend the Postmaster's convention. Miss Eva Corser will have charge of the local office in the absence of Miss Bradley. Miss Viola Bradley went with the group to Portland and remained there tor the Rose Festival. ODHBCDEiHrJO nnvn no vnnn bpoto OaJy Saibarliag tint an nrtJ iy tW Vapor-Cart proem wluck pr- ptTTM tfe lif a f tht CattM Mi rmbtxr, welds tka tagctW m aiagla Bait aaa a4 pradacc a tira with M wtsk pot. ( i . taatta V ... Taacnaa X ' D&T5 ffHEJE EOAN See Us for Quick, Intelligent Tire Service It Is Our Specialty Amazing Collection of Birds, Eggs and At Home of Scio Doctor, A. G. Prill, : Brings to Light Only Yellow Rail American White Pelican From Lake County Largest and Irridescent Hummer Smallest-of 1250 I Specimens; Tells of Many Oddities f ; By VIRGINIA L. DOLEZAL SCIO, June 12. In a glass case in the Scio home of Dr. A. Gi Prill "sits" a yellow rail, the only known specimen of its kind ever reported in Oregon. The little yellow bird, somewhat smaller than a robin, and native of Minnesota, is one of the collection of 1250 birds of the ornithologist It was killed at Scio in 1900. As a 12-year-old boy in New York, Df. Prill "collected" his first bird, and out of that incident he, developed his life long avocation. Not only has he given endless pleasure to himself and other bird lovers and students, but his method of collecting and preserving specimens has made him a recog nized authority on Oregon wild life, and his collection one of the finest in the state. ' Thei Prill collection, besides the many bird specimens, contains 6000 bird eggs, about 300 nests, and! thousands of photographs, all meticulously cased and catalogued. Each bird and nest bears a small tag telling both its scientific and common names, its natural habitat, and the date and place it was secured. Each egg Is mrrkedC in indelible ink near the hole made to extract its contents. By means of these identifications. Dr. Prill is sble to turn to its com plete history in his card index. ; . Oregon Contributes Many Virtually all the specimens In the collection. Dr. Prill states, are Oregon natives, though a few are from other parts of the world. Oregon compares favorably with other states In the number of species of birds j it harbors, he says. - : I ' f Largest bird in the Prill collec tion Is the i American white peli can, a native of Lake county, Ore gon. The bird's huge, pouch-like, lower bill is used to carry fish to its young. Dr. Prill states that pelicans have been known to fly as far as a hundred miles to se cure fish for a hungry family. The birds catch only suckers, and oth er slow-moving fish. The bird lays two to three eggs, about twice the size of hen's egg and of a white color.; . Tiniest is Hamming Bird Tiniest members of the Oregon bird family are the beautiful ir ridescent I humming birds. Dr. Prill's collection Includes a fine specimen of the bird, its site-of-a-walnut nest, and its two tiny white eKKS. no larger than a navy bean. The bird nests in sparse fol iage, oaks being a favorite. Because its home Is so small and so nearly resembles its sur roundings, usually being covered with bark or other material in distinguishable ' from xHm -back ground, the hummer s nest needs no great concealment. - Dr. Prill has this year attract ed dozens of hummers to the win dows of his home by placing small feeder contrivances on the walls of the. house; The feeder consist of two-ounce, green-painted bot iim f mtd ; with a avrun made of equal parts of sugar and hot wa ter. Attached to the bottle is a riaaa tube actlnr as a sinhon to a bright red celluloid flower. To th tht tlBT buzzinr birds are instantly attracted, and feed all day long, sometimes staying near the feeders even after dark, if the rooms are lighted. Appetite Frodigions The annetite of these tiny Kwopt-lmhihern is incredible, each of the feeder bottles being refill ed three times daily, Mrs. Prill states. ;- j ! j s Because the hummers are small and beautiful, observers assume that they are a peaceful bird, but Dr. Prill's experiment has proved :-!5;:;:::::-:::::':::: A SEI BERLIN 3 Tiro for Every PURSE cd PU3P0SE! ; s - ; Hi!" Choose any of the three famous Seiberling tires i illustrated! with the knowledge that you have the best single-tread tire money can buy. We make liberal trade-in al lowances on your old tires. that they are more scrappy than many other species. One hummer will appropriate a feeder, and with much beating of wings and stabbing of his long pointed bill, will keep . away all the other birds. If the guard be a male, he will let females approach to feed, but no other male may trespass without a battle. Variety In Collection . Besides these smallest and largest, the Prill collection abounds with scores of fine spe cimens of hawks,, eagles,' robins, sparrows, blackbirds, owls, rav ens, bluebirds, grosbeaks, nut hatches, and the water-fowl of Oregon's lakes and seaboard, j Dr. Prill's method of collection is unique among naturalists. Ra ther than specialize in one branch of collecting, he has attempted to follow the life history of each bird, and to study all phases of itS habltS. j : '; f ; An amateur photographer of considerable skill. Dr. Prill t al ways attempts to catch the bird in its natural habitat before secur ing the eggs, nest and the bird it self. Preparation of "Skins' A few of the Scio naturalist's birds are mounted, but most of the specimens are prepared for the collection in the "skin," or simple stuffed form, as these take less room for display. The skins may be steamed and reset Into life-like mountings. In securing the birds, the nat uralist must use a shot-gun, with shot varying to the size of the quarry. A rifle makes too large a hole and spoils the bird for study purposes, the doctor states. . The dead bird Is allowed to cool, -and then must be cleaned and the entire lnsides removed with the exception of the skull. A poison preparation is used as a fumigator and preservative. AH the birds are stuffed with cotton.' Cleaning Time Varies Many birds will keep for sev eral days before being prepared for stuffing, but some varieties, particularly the water-fowls, will corrupt within a few hours if they are not cleaned and preserved. Time required for cleaning the birds varies greatly according to their size, Dr. Prill avers. A spar row may be prepared in 35 min utes, while a hawk or heron re quires a half day's work. ; The nests are carefully dislod ged from their moorings, cleaned and fumigated, and bound with silk thread to preserve their shape. Many, of the nests also must be stuffed with cotton to keep them in their original form. Though twigs and grass form the chief materials for nest-building, sticks, mud. wool, and hair are also employed. For papering the eggs, a set of small tools that would delight the heart of any dentist is used. A hole, varying in size to the egg, is made with a miniature hand drill. The contents are then blown out without inserting a blow pipe. An egg far advanced in in cubation is cut up. Care of the Collection The care of the collection re quries Infinite labor and patience. At all times the speci merits must be protected from Insects. Com mon moth-balls, and a powdered form of dichloride whose odor is Big Beauty Value You go to sleep at night, face drawn and lined, skin dry, nerv ous, dull. You wake up in the morning, complexion glowing and wide-awake, skin smooth and fresh as the morning dew, clear and soft and flawless even under the hard all-revealing daylight. That's not a fairy story. It's what literally happens overnight when you use Novena Night ! Cream, Helena Rubinstein's brilliant creation for counteracting during the average seven hours of sleep, the ravages wrought on the skin by worry, weather and ! today's hectic pace during the seventeen waking hours. And to make this perfect Bedtime Beauty Story complete, j Helena Rubinstein gives you a happy ending for your purse as well as your com .;exion. For seven selling days, from June 12 to 19, In the toilet ries department of Capital Drug store you can get the regular two dollar size of Novena Night Cream for one dollar. This mar velous beauty value Is offered once a year for aeven days only so don't pass up the opportunity. Women who have used this cream will Jump at the chance to get this double value, and i if yon haven't tried it, this la the time to do so. Novena Night Cream Is based on rare balsamic oils used in the famous Youthifying East ern Oil Treatment which is given in Helena Rubinstein's i famous metropolitan Salons. That's why this cream Is so good for dry, lined skin. In addition, Novena Night Cream has re-energizlng and stimulating qualities that dissipate sallowness, ; dullness, that tired, taut look. In a word. It's the perfect cream for all the ills of the modern "high-tension" dry, nervous skin. -Pd. adv. Nests Is Found Whose Avocation Found in This State inoffensive, are kept in the cases. Dr. Prill examines hfs collection at intervals of three months to discover Inroads of moths and other destroyers. Thorough fumi gation and poisoning Is required to save the plumage if Insects are found. ' . Although the entire collection is protected by glass cases and tight drawers, the birds and eggs must be dusted frequently to guard the brilliant feathers of the avian specimens. Oddities Found by Prill Among the unusual specimens in Dr. Prill' collection la a rob in's nest made entirely of pieces of string. The nest was found In Scio near the site of the old feed mill.-; i A female wren "hard to suit as a girl looking for a beau," as Dr. Prill facetiously remarked, start ed nests for a space of IS Inches along; a barn beam before she made one to her liking. The whole endeavor is preserved In the doctor's study. Original hen-pecked husband is the male of the Wilson phalarope, which Is small and Inconspicuous, and what Is more, does all the egg-Incubating. The female Is much larger and of brilliant col oring. A pair of them is included at the Prill residence. Besides the yellow rail, already mentioned, Dr. Prill has the rec ord for the only Harlon'a hawk found In Oregon, in 1928. AN ft .. M . . a revelation in soft-tcx-tared freshness, plus even fin er quality and flavor than tvtr before. ar" v.. . -ii. it j . r - , ,r - ti . n r sr. j ii- n - , - , y . x Of specimens rare to Oregon, the Scio naturalist also displays a gyrfalcon, a black swift, and a Harris' sparrow. Only one other specimen of each has been record ed In this state. Has Sand-hill Crane Eggs Of the eggs In the Prill collec tion, those of the sand-hill crane, about the size of a goose-egg and beautiful turquoise blue, are per haps the most notable, and most difficult to secure. The doctor has a large number, whose gathering required ten years. Most prolific of birds Is the mallard duck, who lays up to 20 eggs at a sitting: Her eggs are the size of a hen egg, and of a greyish white color. Many birds lay from four to six eggs, while a few, such as the California Murre, and some varieties of petrels deposit only one during a season. Very few eggs of -wild birds are white, but many are cream-colored, brown, speckled and mottled with brown and black, and not an Inconsid erable number are turquoise. The Prill collection at "Oak rest," whose lovely grounds are a perpetual invitation to nesting birds, has attracted scores of bird lovers and naturalists from all parts of the country- Dr. Prill also has presented Il lustrated lectures to many groups of students. He has both lantern slides and moving pictures, all his own photography, to Illustrate the talks. .Walter Brown Visits MONMOUTH, June 1 2 Walter Brown, formerly a Jeweler here, and now located at Braymill, Or., visited Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Bower sox and relativea here this week. Kind Benson's Bakery is proud to present to the people of Salem this new masterpiece in Bread FRESHNESS, quality and flavor . . . a finer. FRESHER loaf than you have ever been able to buy from your grocer before, Benson's BANNER Bread comes'to you with all the ir resistible "just-of-out-the-oven" aroma and FRESH flavor that our mothers' freshly baked bread used to possess . . . BANNER Bread reaches your groced so "fresh-from-the-oven" every morning that you need not be surprised to find it still slightly warm. Because it comes out of the oven "hours later" it actually reaches you ... , BVW WL. . V 'V ... Grangers' News NORTH HOWELL, June 12. During the regular - meeting of North Howell grange Friday night these new members were given the first degree by W. M. Van Brocklin: Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson, Mrs. Howard Coomler, Mrs. George Cline. and Mr .and Mrs. George Mcllwain. Mr. and Mrs. Perle Pickens. Howard Coomler, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stevens. A committee to arrange the time and place for a North How ell grange picnic was named aa follows: Mrs. A. B. Wiesner, Ronald Stevens. Perle Pickens. Dorothy Cline and M. A. Dunn. This committee announced the social picnic at Silver Creek falls park on June 27. All local mem bers and their families are urg ed to attend. MONMOUTH. June 12. Mon mouth grange members who at tended: the state grange sessions at The Dalles this week Include: Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Allen, W. J. Stockholm and Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Edwards. Baker Teacher Home MONMOUTH. June 12. Miss Catherine Gentle, a teacher at Baker, arrived home this week to spend the summer. Her nieces. Margaret and Carolyn Gentle of Monmouth, who had been her re cent guests, and another niece. Virginia Gentle of Prairie City, ac companied her home. u : n ou rea IttWiA, 9 Today's JIa mMA bread Mir Road Oiling Job Gives Glenn Creekers Pleasure KINGWOOD, June 12 Local suburbanites are much pleased with two recent innovations: The Glenn Creek road has been treat ed to a coat of oil and fine grav el from the conjunction with the Wallace road to King wood Drive; and the KIngwood bus makes two round trips daily over this route. . Temperance Union Meets TURNER. June 12. The W. C. T. U. 'met with Mrs. Susan Gir- A Ak m ! ahrt v ptli. --t vw lok. Far $r kMiM4MIili0lk, INVESTIGATE Oregon Fuel Go. 14th at Mill Phone 4156 17- Mipacia foxfc 7 . . . TODAY'S Bread Baked Today, fresh out of the oven THIS morning: (not yester day). ITS HOURS FRESH ER! ' to Love How This "Bread Freshness" Is Made Possible: FIRST Benson's Bread Is baked JUST FOR SALEM PEOPLE. It is not distributed outside the city. Every grocery selling Ben son's Bread can be reached within a few minutes by Benson's tracks. It Is NOT necessary for Benson's to bake tomorrow's Bread In the afternoon or evening In order to meet out-of-town shipping schedules, aa Is true with "Urge production bakeries" distributing OTer a wide territory. 8EOOXD The neweet and most modern baking equipment known to the baking Industry , has been recently installed at Benson's making It possible to bake more and better bread in less time. Therefore, actual baking in this plant ran be de ferred until the early morning hours TODAY hence. HOURS FRESHER Look Banner Wrappei t iru i anHk ardln Wednesday afternoon and enjoyed a "flower mission" pro gram. After discussing the sub ject, flowers, were arranged and sent to the sick and shut-ins. Father's Day June 20 DAD'S DAY HINTS O Brief Cases O Fountain Pens O Stationery O Books O Kodaks O Fount & Ink Set O Billfolds Also a Fine Selection of Greeting Cards for Father's Day! COOKE'S STATIONERY CO. 840 STATE ST. Just East of Ladd A Bosh Eat r sp i IfI I HIGH AND CENTER STS. SALEM, ORE.
